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The 2025 High Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) ‘s first annual examination results of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (Bise) Rawalpindi show a clear performance gap between male and female students. In each academic stream, both regular and private female candidates performed better than their male counterparts, which continued a consistent trend of previous years.
Overall pass percentage
According to the official data:
- Boys (all groups combined): 21.610 appeared, 8.629 passed – 39.92%
- Girls (all groups combined): 37.251 appeared, 24.270 passed – 65.14%
- Joint Total: 58.861 appeared, 32.899 passed – 55.89%
The numbers highlight a 25% performance gap between male and female students in the total pass rate.
Regular candidates’ performance
Human science group
- Male: 2.234 appeared, 703 passed – 31.47%
- Female: 9.602 appeared, 5.810 passed – 60.51%
Pre-medical group
- Male: 1.801 appeared, 1.201 passed – 66.69%
- Female: 7.475 appeared, 6.127 passed – 81.97%
Pre-entrance Sports Group
- Male: 1.403 appeared, 976 passed – 69.57%
- Female: 1.144 appeared, 931 passed – 81.38%
General science group
- Male: 7.631 appeared, 3,625 passed – 47.5%
- Female: 9.190 appeared, 6.153 passed – 66.95%
Trade group
- Male: 983 appeared, 512 passed – 52.14%
- Female: 801 appeared, 628 passed – 78.4%
Private Candidates Performance
Human science group
- Male: 3.359 appeared, 618 passed – 18.4%
- Female: 5,365 appeared, 2.092 passed – 38.99%
Pre-medical group
- Male: 634 appeared, 232 passed – 36.59%
- Female: 1.333 appeared, 765 passed – 57.39%
Pre-entrance Sports Group
- Male: 493 appeared, 125 passed – 25.35%
- Female: 269 appeared, 87 passed – 32.34%
General science group
- Male: 2.511 appeared, 507 passed – 20.19%
- Female: 1,820 appeared, 523 passed – 28.74%
Trade group
- Male: 596 appeared, 130 passed – 21.81%
- Female: 252 appeared, 121 passed – 48.02%
Gender gap in academic achievement
Female students fared better than male students in each group, with a particular wide gap in humanities and trading among private candidates. Female candidates in science groups have also achieved significantly high SUCS rates, especially in pre-media and general scientific fields.
